page_title: Anthony Gerrard
section_title: Cardiff City
hierarchical_section_title: Anthony Gerrard / Club career / Cardiff City
caption_attribution_description: 25/09/11 Cardiff V Leicester, Championship, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
context_page_description: Anthony Gerrard is a professional footballer who last played as a centre back for Chesterfield. He qualifies for the Republic of Ireland at international level and has been capped at under-18 level.
context_section_description: On 2 July 2009, Gerrard signed for Championship club Cardiff City, a week after an offer of £200,000 was rejected from Scunthorpe United.
  At the start of the season, Gerrard was chosen as first choice centre-back, alongside club captain Mark Hudson and went on to make his League debut for the Bluebirds against Scunthorpe United in the first League match at the Cardiff City Stadium, as Cardiff went on to win 4–0. His first goal came on 20 October 2009 against Coventry City during a 2–0 victory. Gerrard made his 200th club appearance in a 1–1 draw with Nottingham Forest on 1 November 2009 and scored his second goal for the club on 9 February 2010, in a 2–0 win over Peterborough United. After suffering a calf injury that kept him sidelined for four matches, Gerrard made his return to the team and set up one of Michael Chopra's goals, in a 2–1 win over rivals, Swansea City on 3 April 2010. In his first season at Cardiff City, Gerrard finished the season, making 39 appearance and scoring two times.
  Upon his return to Cardiff, Dave Jones had been sacked and Malky Mackay had been put in place. Gerrard started two pre-season matches against Celtic and Bournemouth before receiving a concussion within four minutes against Bournemouth. Gerrard returned to Cardiff City starting line up on the opening day of the season. His first goal of the season came in as the opener in a 2–0 victory over Doncaster Rovers on 10 September 2011. New signing Ben Turner managed to keep Gerrard out of the squad but an injury to captain Mark Hudson meant he was reinstated in the squad. A second goal came against Blackburn Rovers in the League Cup, on 29 November 2011, which was also his first ever goal in the competition and scored his second league goal of the season on 14 February 2012, in a 3–1 win over Peterborough United.
  
  The 2012 League Cup Final marked the first time Gerrard played against his cousin Steven Gerrard in a competitive football match. Anthony's club Cardiff City took on Steven's Liverpool. Liverpool won the trophy after a penalty shoot-out, during which both Gerrards missed penalty kicks. Following his penalty miss which handed the League Cup to Liverpool, Gerrard apologises on Twitter, his tweet saying: 
  "Sorry to everyone!""I can't close my eyes wid out seeing that penalty!! It's goin to haunt me for the rest of my days! Head is mashed!"
   Four years on, Gerrard said missing the penalty in the League Cup final still haunted him. After the match, Gerrard never played again for the 2011–12, as his relationship with Malky MacKay was deteriorated.
  Cardiff decided to leave Gerrard behind from their pre-season trip to Switzerland and then later rejected a bid from an unnamed Championship club. On 3 August 2012, Cardiff rejected bids from Bristol City and Leicester City believed to be around £200,000.
caption: Gerrard playing for Cardiff City in 2011
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